Linotype-machine.



PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

D. S. KENNEDY. LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17. 1906.

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LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17. 1906.

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UNITED srAq i s PATIENT, ornion.

DAVID s. KENNEDY,'OF BROOKLYN,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO IMERGEN- THALER LIN OTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LINOTYPIE-FMACHINE.

Specification of LettersPatent.w

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed August 17, 1906. aim. 330,988.

To all whom it may'concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID S. KENNEDY, of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings,

and State of New York, have invented a new rovement in Linotype-Mathe following is a specificaward in'the arc of a circle in. order to give access thereto and to the distributor and upper end of the 'magazine. In-practice it occa sionally happens that a matrix will lodge in the upper, end of the channeled throat in engagement therewith and with the distrib'uter members inisuch manner. .as'to prevent the throat from swinging open.

The object of the present invention is to overcome difficulty in this regard; and it consists in mounting the throat 1n such manner that it may be lowered or otherwise moved djreletly away from the distributing.

devicesin t e direction in which the matrices travel 1n order'to. release the interlocking matrices, the'throat being preferably mounted on a pivot so that it may turn backward 1 after being lowered. l

Inthe accompanying drawings I have shown my invention embodied in mechanism having four distributers and four superposed magazines with a corresponding Intermediate throat with four series of therethrough.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the dis tributing' mechanism, the magazines, and adjacent parts. the throat.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the main frame, which maybe of any suitable form j-B B, &c., the four horizontal distributer-bars of the ordinary Mergenthaler construction-with permuted teeth at their lower edges to sustain and carry the toothed matrices:

C C are a series of parallel feed-screws extended'lengthwise of the distributer-bars for the purpose of engaging the edges of the suspassages 2 is a-rear elevation of pended matrices and moving them along the bars until they arrive at the proper points for delivery,-as usual'in this'class of machines.

' D D, &c., are the superposed magazines arranged at inclined osltions and provided with internal longitudinal channels, as usual,,

to guide the matrices.

E represents the throat or entrance arranged to receive the matrices falling from the distributers and guide them into the re-' spective magazines. This throat embraces four superposed channels or sections, one leadingto each magazine, each section divided, as usual, into a series of channels to direct the matrices to the appropriate channels of the magazines. The throat, so far as each section is concerned, closely resembles that used in' the commercial linotype-machines of thepresent day.

The entirethroatjjs supported at its lower end a on a -h-:)rizontal shaft F, serving as a pivot therefor, andprov'idedat its ends with cranks G, which are in turn connected to the main frame by pivots H. v v

The shaft Fis provided with a rigid handle f, by means of which the shaft and cranks maybe turned. -When the throat is in operative position, the parts stand in the relation shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the upper end of the throat standing immediately under the distributers and in position to receive the matrices therefrom.

If a matrix is lodged between the upper end of the throat and the distributer, it is only necessary to turn the handle f downward,

the effect of which is to lower the throat bodily, moving its upper end away from the distributer in the dlrection in which the matrices travel toward the magazinethat is to say, len thwise of the matrices-so that the intermediate matrix will be released.

After being thus lowered the throat may be,

turned downward and backward'around the shaft F as a center.

In order to hold the parts in operative position, the shaft F is provided with a rigid arm K, arran ed to be engaged by a springactuated latc L, pivoted to the throat, as shown in Fig. 1.

In order to counterbalance thethroat and admit of its being easily operated, one or more springs M, secured to the main frame,

are connected at their upper ends withthe crank-arms m, extending downward from the throat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These springs may be of sufficient strength to hold the throat normally in its operative position. When it is swung downward and backward; the pivotal pointswill change their relations in such manner that the throat will remain in its lowered or open position.

When the arm K, before referred to, is turned upward and secured by the latch, as

shown, it serves to hold the throat positivelyin an operative position. i

, until it is pulled backward by hand.

. The essence of the invention resides in'so 'mounting the throat E that it may be moved directly toward and from the distributers as distinguishedfrom its usual 1110-- tion around apivot transversely to the distributer, and it is to-be understood that the details may be varied at will, provided this mode of action is retained.

While I have shown the invention elm bodied in a throat-with four sections or channels, it will of course be understood that it is equally applicable to a throat having but one section to cooperate with'a single magazine. Although my invention is intended more particularly for use in linotype-machines, it is of course applicable to logotype-machines and all kindred typographic machines in which matrices or type are permitted tofall from a distributer into a. receiving throat or channel. Having" described my invention, what I claim is. a

tion of a distri ary receiving-throat thereunder, the throat movable at will directly away from the distributer in the direction in which the mat rices descend; whereby the release of lodged or interlocking matrices be eflectejd.

2. In a typographic machine, a distributer throat thereunder, said throat mounted or movement directly away and a receivi from the distributor and also for a distinctmovement around a pivot.

3 In a typographic machine, the combination of a distributor B, a magazine D, an intermediate throat for guiding the matrices from the distributerto the magazine, a pivotal support around which the throat may supports for said rod to effect the raising and lowering of the throat, and means for turning and-locking said'rod.

6. In combination with an overlying distributor, a receivingthroat E, a shaft F whereon the throat is pivoted, supportingcranks for said rod, an arm K on said shaft, and means for locking said arm '7. In combination "with the throat E, the shaft 'F'on which it is free to turn, supporting-cranks for said shaft, means for turnin and fixing said cranks, and springs connectec l with the throat, tendingto hold the same up ward, substantially as described.

8. In a linotype-machine, ,a distributer, a

receiving-throat thereunder, a pivot around which said throat is mounted to swin ,and means for moving the'pivot toward an from v the distributer; whereby the throat may be' 1. In a typographic machine, the combina ,uter and :a normally stationgiven a'movement bodily away from the distributer independent of its swinging motion. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 13th day of August, 1906, in the 9 0 presence of two attesting witnesses. 7

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

Witnesses: J. R. ROGERS,

ROBERT G. CLARK. 

